Scotland 2016

Experience Scotland

Visit Scotland with Craven CC! Participants will experience Scottish culture, music, art, and history through a 14-day excursion based out of Aberdeen with a variety of Day excursions to Edinburgh, Dundee, Stonehaven, St. Andrews, and Inverness.

Visit St Andrews, also known worldwide as the “home of golf,” tour the golf museum and experience life in the Antarctic aboard the RRS Discovery. Experience Inverness, known as the ‘Highland Capital’ & search for the world famous Loch Ness and its monster. Tour Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland, and explore Edinburgh Castle, unequalled in the whole of the British Isles, representing over one thousand years of history. And so much more I can’t fit it all in on the page!

Discover Aberdeen

There will be many unique activities to captivate you in the city of Aberdeen where majestic landscapes meet the sea, & a flourishing city boasts beautiful architecture and cultural gems. Tour Old Aberdeen (c. 1891), now encapsulated by the modern city.

Visit the Aberdeen Maritime Museum which tells the story of the city’s long relationship with the Sea. The Maritime Museum houses a unique collection covering shipbuilding, fast sailing ships, fishing and port history.

Wander through the Aberdeen Art Gallery, one of the city’s most popular tourist attractions. A particularly attractive example of late 19th century architecture, it houses one of the finest art collections in Britain with paintings, sculpture and graphics from the 15th century to the present day.

Our In-Country Partnership

Study Abroad Scotland 2016 is a partnership between Craven CC in New Bern, NC and Robert Gordon University located in Aberdeen, Scotland. Robert Gordon University has a heritage going back 250 years, with a wide range of degree courses.

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